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In 1776, 39 -year -old British historian Edward Edward Yoshimoto published the first volume of the loser history of the Roman Empire.In the next 12 years, the remaining five volumes came out one after another.The book starts from the five sages of the Roman Empire. Until the fall of the 15th century Constantinople, the Eastern Roman Empire died, spanning the history of the Roman Empire nearly 1500 years.And the westward movement of the Northern Xiongnu, Kublai Khan's two eastward conquest Japan's historical events in Asia at the same time.
Different from other historians at the time, Yoshimoto avoided second -hand literature in the book, but relied on the content of the literature of the same era and conducted a lot of research.History, therefore, is also hailed as a "modern" historical work in the substantive sense.
The history of the decline of the Roman Empire has a profound impact on future generations.Churchill is one of them.Yoshimoto believes that the loss of morality and politics in Roman society is an important factor that leads to the ultimate decline of the empire.Churchill saw the similarities between the Roman Empire and the British Empire at the time, and often mentioned Yoshimoto's works in their speeches and works.
Another deeply affected by the science fiction giant Aisimov.He once revealed in the autobiography that the base series of novels created by 49 years, the source of inspiration is the history of the decline of the Roman Empire, and "small reference" Yoshimoto in the story setting.Aisimov tells the story of the decline of the Star Empire in the base series, focusing on the rise and fall of civilization, and a group of "bases" composed of human elites such as scientists and politicians.After the decline of the empire, the 30,000 -year -old chaos was shortened to 1,000 years.
The history of the decline of the Roman Empire discussed how humans rebuilt a new society after the decline of the Roman Empire, while the base series discusses how humans rebuild the entire civilization without the decline of civilization.
The survival and reconstruction of human civilization after the end of the end and the last days is a common theme in science fiction works.Perhaps this kind of fascination with doomsday is deep in our genes.From religious doctrine to science fiction works, the description of the doomsday reflects the fragility and weakness of human destiny and the uncertain fear of the future.
In the long evolution, ancient humans who are afraid of the future, but at the same time will not hunt for food and food for food, and will be more likely to survive.After a long time, this gene has gradually occupied the mainstream, escaped natural disasters and human disasters, became fascinated by doomsday in religion and literature, and even promoted the improvement and development of human collectives to some extent.
Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin also describes two different doomsdays in works such as three -body stray earth.The former belongs to the invasion of the unsatisfactory alien. Human society is the enemy of human society, united, and united to resist foreign enemies, but in the end, like the invaders, it was destroyed by the more advanced civilization, showing the brutal reality of weak meat and strong food to the fullest.When the latter is in whimshem, when the doomsday crisis of the sun flashes, it is necessary to "wander the earth" and escape the solar system.
If the timeline is stretched, it is not difficult to find the birth of a species to be random, and the perish is inevitable.The differences between human beings and other species on the planet are the arrival of the ending of the ending.But among all factors that may cause human death, self -destruction is the most likely to happen.After all, since the first ape man began to walk upright, we have never stopped fighting each other.This is probably a problem that it cannot be avoided by any historical book or science fiction.
(The author is MBA student in London Business School)
